“A narcissist society, in which each person is busy looking out for number one, can build neither brotherhood nor community. Aren't we glad in this Easter season and in all seasons that Jesus did not selfishly look out for number one? No wonder we have been told, 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me,' and this includes self-worship! (Ex. 20:3; emphasis added). One way or another, the grossly selfish will finally be shattered, whimpering, against the jagged, concrete consequences of their selfishness.” WayLooksPersonsHas BeensSelfJesusCommunityNumbersWonderWorshipConsequenceSeasonsBusySelfishGladOne WaySelfishnessBrotherhoodConcreteEasterEmphasisExesShatteredNarcissistEaster Season Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the three times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this new life?” MenWorldGivingFirstsChildrenHas BeensRememberThreeFatherSimpleCreationBirthEqualWorshipEnvyMy ChildrenAweReverenceGoddessNew LifeOverwhelmedThree TimesWombGiving BirthMagnificence Author:Sam Keen
“Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails clean and is never a burden to anyone. Greatest fault: Lacks family, cheerful spirits, and strong stomach. Greatest and only petition: Not to be buried alive. Greatest sin: Does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life: None.” LifeShouldDoeHas BeensMadeImportantScienceSpiritStrongSinHalfAliveEventsBirthCreaturesWorshipShould HaveDoctorsCleanFaultsBurdenMeritStomachBuriedNailsCheerfulHumaneShould Have BeenNobelEntryYellingPetitionsImportant Events Author:Alfred Nobel
“We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. And so we must remain. Our very unity has been strengthened by our pluralism. We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief.” PeopleShouldBelieveHas BeensCountryStatesRememberReligionBeliefSpeakNationsChurchUnitedPracticeUnited StatesAtheismLessonsWorshipUnityCommandOpennessChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateMandatesPluralismPluralism Is Author:Ronald Reagan
“Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ShouldHas BeensGamesSeriousWorshipMereChessPursuitBackgroundsSevereRelaxationDeservingRecreationProvincesShrinesCommendation Author:Paul Morphy
“The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent - that of total separation of Church and State. No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgement.” Has BeensStatesLawLeftChurchReligiousUnitedUnited StatesWorshipConscienceNobleAbsenceSeparationExperimentsPresidentialJudgementMakersEstablishmentRestraintChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StatePrecedentSeparation Between Church And State Author:John Tyler
“After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is, or what other people think he is, still less what his passport says he is. And it is fortunate for most of us that we are mistaken. We do not generally know what is good for us. That is because, in St. Bernard's language, our true personality has been concealed under the 'disguise' of a false self, the ego, whom we tend to worship in place of God.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHas BeensStillsRealSelfLanguageIdentityPersonalityEgoWorshipFortunateDisguiseMistakenConcealedPassportsReal SelfPersonal Identity Author:Thomas Merton
“The gods have fled, I know. My sense is the gods have always been essentially absent. I do not believe human beings have played games or sports from the beginning merely to summon or to please or to appease the gods. If anthropologists and historians believe that, it is because they believe whatever they have been able to recover about what humankind told the gods humankind was doing. I believe we have played games, and watched games, to imitate the gods, to become godlike in our worship of eachother and, through those moments of transmutation, to know for an instant what the gods know.” IfsKnowsBelieveHumansHas BeensMomentsAbleGamesI BelieveSportsHuman BeingsPleaseWorshipInstantHistorianHumankindGod KnowsAbsentGodlikeAppeaseAnthropologistsTransmutation Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti
“The Christian community is a community of the cross, for it has been brought into being by the cross, and the focus of its worship is the Lamb once slain, now glorified. So the community of the cross is a community of celebration, a eucharistic community, ceaselessly offering to God through Christ the sacrifice of our praise and thanksgiving. The Christian life is an unending festival. And the festival we keep, now that our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed for us, is a joyful celebration of his sacrifice, together with a spiritual feasting upon it.” Has BeensChristianTogetherSpiritualLife IsChristCommunityFocusSacrificeWorshipCrossesPraiseChristian LifeCelebrationOfferingJoyfulFestivalsLambsUnendingEucharisticChristian CommunityFeastingOffering To GodPraise And Thanksgiving Book:The Cross of Christ Source: The Cross of Christ
“The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has he become our Father but every other Christian believer in the world, whatever his nation or denomination, has become our brother or sister in Christ. But it is no good supposing that membership of the universal Church of Christ is enough; we must belong to some local branch of it. Every Christian's place is in a local church. sharing in its worship, its fellowship, and its witness.” IfsWorldHas BeensEnoughChristianLife IsFatherNationsChristBornChurchBrotherWorshipUniversalAffairBelieverLocalsChristian LifeWitnessBranchesFellowshipOur FatherBorn AgainMembershipDenominationsSupposingLocal ChurchSupposing ThatChurch Of ChristSisters In Christ Author:John Stott
“A heavenly location for the actions of the savior gods, including the death of Christ, would also have been influenced by most religions' ultimate derivation from astrotheology, as in the worship of the sun and moon. For this dimension of more remote Christian roots, see the books of Acharya S, especially 'Suns of God.” Has BeensBookActionChristianChristSunMoonWorshipRootsUltimateIncludingDimensionsHeavenlySaviorLocation Author:Earl Doherty
“It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way, as has been shown to you.” WayHas BeensChristianSpecialDivineWorship Book:Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment Source: Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment